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shut, speak only Greek. For twenty dollars I
say yes. We go in back of van to hotel — I think in Georgetown . When we arrive I sent to kitchen,
join staff in basement. I dress and start taking food to private dining-room.
There five—six men and I heard big man say I no speak English. So they talk on.
I don’t listen. Very last cup of coffee, when start talking about President
Kane, I like Kane, I listen. I heard say, “We have to blow her away.” Another
man say: “The best day would still be 10 March, the way we planned it.” And
then I heard: “I agree with Senator, let’s get rid of the bitch.” Someone was
staring at me, so I left room. When I downstairs washing up, one man came in
and shouted, “Hey, you, catch this.” I looked around, put arms up. All at once
he start come for me. I run for door and down street. He shoot gun at me, I
feel bit pain in leg but I able to get away because he older, big and slower
than me. I hear him shout but I knew he couldn’t catch me. I scared. I get home
pretty damn quick, and wife and I move out that night and hide out of town with
friend from Greece .
Hoped all would be okay, but my leg got bad after few days so Ariana made me come to hospital and call for you because my
friend tell they come around to my place look for me because if they find me
they kill me.’ He stopped, breathed deeply, his unshaven face covered in sweat,
and looked at the two men imploringly.
    ‘What’s your full name?’ said Calvert,
sounding about as excited as he would if he were issuing a traffic ticket.
    ‘Angelo Mexis Casefikis .’
    Calvert made him spell it in full. ‘Where
do you live?’
    ‘Now at Blue Ridge Manor Apartments, 1501 Elkin
Street , Wheaton .
Home of my friend, good man, please don’t give trouble.’
    ‘When did this incident take place?’
    ‘Last Thursday,’ Casefikis said instantly.
    Calvert checked the date. ‘24 February?’
    The Greek shrugged. ‘Last Thursday,’ he
repeated.
    ‘Where is the restaurant you were working
in?’
    ‘A few streets from me. It called Golden
Duck.’
    Calvert continued taking notes. ‘And where
was this hotel you were taken to?’
    ‘Don’t know, in Georgetown . Maybe could take you there when
out of hospital.’
    ‘Now, Mr Casefikis ,
please be careful about this. Was there anyone else working at this luncheon
who might have overheard the conversation in that room?’
    ‘No, sir; I only waiter attend in room.’
    ‘Have you told anyone what you overheard?
Your wife? The friend whose house you’re staying at? Anyone?’
    ‘No, sir. Only you. No tell wife what I
hear. No tell no one, too scared.’
    Calvert continued to interview, asking for
descriptions of the other men in the room and making the Greekrepeat
everything to see if the story remained the same. It did. Mark looked on
silently.
    ‘Okay, Mr Casefikis ,
that’s all we can do for this evening. We’ll return in the morning and have you
sign a written statement.’
    ‘But they going to kill me. They going to
kill me.’
    ‘No need to worry, Mr Casefikis .
We’ll put a police guard on your room as soon as possible; no one is going to
kill you.’
    Casefikis dropped his eyes, not reassured.
    ‘We’ll see you again in the morning,’ said
Calvert, closinghis notebook. ‘You just get some rest. Good night, Mr Casefikis .’
    Calvert glanced back at a happy Benjamin,
still deeply absorbed in $25,000 Pyramid with no words, just money. He
waved again at them and smiled, showing all three of his teeth, two black and
one gold. Calvert and Andrews returned to the corridor.
    ‘I don’t believe a word of it,’ Barry said
immediately. ‘With his English, he could easily have got hold of the wrong end
of the stick. It was probably quite innocent People curse the President all the
time. My father does, but that doesn’t mean he would kill her.’
    ‘Maybe, but what about that gunshot wound?
That’s for real,’ said Mark.
    ‘I know. I guess that’s the one